Donald William Pegler is an Australian politician. He was an

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member of the

South Australian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the South Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House, Adelaide, Parliament House in the st ...

electorate of

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from the 2010 election to the 2014 election. A resident of

Kongorong, South Australia Kongorong is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located southwest of Mount Gambier. It has an Australian rules football team and netball team. Kongorong Primary School had 61 students in 2010. The 2016 Australian census which ...

, Pegler was the mayor of the

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before entering state politics. He narrowly defeated

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candidate and

Mayor Steve Perryman with a primary vote of 36 percent and a two-candidate preferred vote of 50.4 percent, succeeding retiring independent MHA Rory McEwen. In May 2013, Pegler stated that he had changed his view on voluntary euthanasia, and after opposing a bill to legalise it in 2012, now supported such a move.The Border Watch: 6 May 2013
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* Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Independent members of the Parliament of South Australia Living people 21st-century Australian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub